<vn='1'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="4413">former</s><sn="3056">treatise</s><sn="*3303">have</s> I <sn="4160">made</s>, <sn="5599">O</s><sn="2321">Theophilus</s>, <sn="4012">of</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="756">began</s><sn="5037">both</s> to <sn="4160">do</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1321">teach</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="891">Until</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> in <sn="3739">which</s> he was taken <sn="353">up</s>, after that he <sn="1223">through</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s> had given <sn="1781">commandments</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="3739">whom</s> he had <sn="1586">chosen</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>To <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2532">also</s> he <sn="3936">showed</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="2198">alive</s> after <sn="846">his</s><sn="3958">passion</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="4183">many</s> infallible <sn="5039">proofs</s>, being <sn="3700">seen</s> of <sn="846">them</s><sn="5062">forty</s><sn="2250">days</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">speaking</s> of the <sn="3588">things</s><sn="4012">pertaining</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2532">And</s>, being assembled together <sn="4871">with</s> them, <sn="3853">commanded</s><sn="846">them</s> that they should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="5563">depart</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="235">but</s> wait <sn="4037">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="3739">which</s>, saith he, ye have <sn="191">heard</s> of <sn="3450">me</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="3303">truly</s><sn="907">baptized</s> with <sn="5204">water</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="5210">ye</s> shall be <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="1722">with</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="5025">hence</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>When <sn="3588">they</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> were come <sn="4905">together</s>, they <sn="1905">asked</s> of <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>, wilt <sn="*1487">thou</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="5550">time</s> restore <sn="600">again</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> to <sn="2474">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, It <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s> for <sn="5216">you</s> to <sn="1097">know</s> the <sn="5550">times</s><sn="2228">or</s> the <sn="2540">seasons</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s> hath <sn="5087">put</s><sn="1722">in</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="1849">power</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="235">But</s> ye shall <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="1411">power</s>, after that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s> is <sn="1904">come</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="5209">you</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> ye shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3144">witnesses</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s><sn="5037">both</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2449">Judea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="4540">Samaria</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2193">unto</s> the uttermost <sn="2078">part</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> when he had <sn="2036">spoken</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>, while <sn="846">they</s><sn="991">beheld</s>, he was taken <sn="1869">up</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="3507">cloud</s><sn="5274">received</s><sn="846">him</s> out <sn="575">of</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="3788">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5613">while</s> they looked <sn="2258 816">steadfastly</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="3772">heaven</s> as <sn="846">he</s> went <sn="4198">up</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, <sn="1417">two</s><sn="435">men</s> stood <sn="3936">by</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3022">white</s><sn="2066">apparel</s>; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3739">Which</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2036">said</s>, Ye <sn="435">men</s> of <sn="1057">Galilee</s>, <sn="5101">why</s><sn="2476">stand</s> ye gazing <sn="1689">up</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>? this <sn="3778">same</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, which is taken <sn="353">up</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, shall <sn="3779">so</s><sn="2064">come</s> in like <sn="3739 5158">manner</s> as ye have <sn="2300">seen</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="4198">go</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5119">Then</s><sn="5290">returned</s> they <sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="3735">mount</s><sn="2564">called</s><sn="1638">Olivet</s>, which <sn="3603">is</s><sn="1451">from</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s><sn="*2192">a</s> sabbath <sn="4521">day</s> 's <sn="3598">journey</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3753">when</s> they were come <sn="1525">in</s>, they went <sn="305">up</s><sn="1519">into</s> an upper <sn="5253">room</s>, <sn="3757">where</s><sn="2258 2650">abode</s><sn="5037">both</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2385">James</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2491">John</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="406">Andrew</s>, <sn="5376">Philip</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2381">Thomas</s>, <sn="918">Bartholomew</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3156">Matthew</s>, <sn="2385">James</s> the son of <sn="256">Alphaeus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4613">Simon</s><sn="2208">Zelotes</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2455">Judas</s> the brother of <sn="2385">James</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3778">These</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2258 4342">continued</s> with one <sn="3661">accord</s> in <sn="4335">prayer</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1162">supplication</s>, <sn="4862">with</s> the <sn="1135">women</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3384">mother</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="80">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5025">those</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="4074">Peter</s> stood <sn="450">up</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3319">midst</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, ( <sn="*5037">the</s><sn="3793">number</s> of <sn="3686">names</s><sn="1909 846">together</s><sn="2258">were</s><sn="5613">about</s> a hundred and <sn="1540 1501">twenty</s>,) </v>
<vn='16'><sn="435">Men</s> and <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="5026">this</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s> must <sn="1163">needs</s> have been <sn="4137">fulfilled</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="4750">mouth</s> of <sn="1138">David</s> spake <sn="4277">before</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="2455">Judas</s>, which <sn="1096">was</s><sn="3595">guide</s> to them that <sn="4815">took</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3754">For</s> he <sn="2258">was</s><sn="2674">numbered</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> had <sn="2975">obtained</s><sn="2819">part</s> of <sn="5026">this</s><sn="1248">ministry</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3767">Now</s> this <sn="3778">man</s><sn="2932">purchased</s> a <sn="5564">field</s><sn="1537">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3408">reward</s> of <sn="93">iniquity</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1096">falling</s><sn="4248">headlong</s>, he burst <sn="2997">asunder</s> in the <sn="3319">midst</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="4698">bowels</s> gushed <sn="1632">out</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s> it <sn="1096">was</s><sn="1110">known</s> unto <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2730">dwellers</s> at <sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>; insomuch <sn="5620">as</s><sn="1565">that</s><sn="5564">field</s> is <sn="2564">called</s> in <sn="846">their</s><sn="2398">proper</s><sn="1258">tongue</s>, <sn="184">Aceldama</s>, that is to <sn="5123">say</s>, The <sn="5564">field</s> of <sn="129">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="976">book</s> of <sn="5568">Psalms</s>, Let <sn="846">his</s><sn="1886">habitation</s><sn="1096">be</s><sn="2048">desolate</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> let <sn="3361">no</s><sn="*2077">man</s><sn="2730">dwell</s><sn="1722 846">therein</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1984">bishopric</s> let <sn="2087">another</s><sn="2983">take</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3767">Wherefore</s><sn="*1163">of</s> these <sn="435">men</s> which have <sn="4905">companied</s> with <sn="2254">us</s><sn="3956">all</s> the <sn="5550">time</s><sn="1722 3739">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> went <sn="1525">in</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1831">out</s><sn="1909">among</s><sn="2248">us</s>, </v>
<vn='22'><sn="756">Beginning</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="908">baptism</s> of <sn="2491">John</s>, <sn="2193">unto</s> that same <sn="2250">day</s><sn="3739">that</s> he was taken <sn="353">up</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2257">us</s>, must <sn="1520">one</s><sn="*5130">be</s><sn="1096">ordained</s> to be a <sn="3144">witness</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="2254">us</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="386">resurrection</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2476">appointed</s><sn="1417">two</s>, <sn="2501">Joseph</s><sn="2564">called</s><sn="923">Barsabas</s>, <sn="3739">who</s> was <sn="1941">surnamed</s><sn="2459">Justus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3159">Matthias</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="4336">prayed</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="4771">Thou</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>, which knowest the <sn="2589">hearts</s> of <sn="3956">all</s> men, <sn="322">show</s><sn="3739 1520">whether</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="5130">these</s><sn="1417">two</s> thou hast <sn="1586">chosen</s>, </v>
<vn='25'>That he may <sn="2983">take</s><sn="2819">part</s> of <sn="5026">this</s><sn="1248">ministry</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="651">apostleship</s>, <sn="1537">from</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2455">Judas</s> by transgression <sn="3845">fell</s>, that he might <sn="4198">go</s><sn="1519">to</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="5117">place</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> they gave <sn="1325">forth</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2819">lots</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2819">lot</s><sn="4098">fell</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3159">Matthias</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he was <sn="4785">numbered</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1733">eleven</s><sn="652">apostles</s>. </v>